WuraFola: Rachel Kerr

Monday, 16 January 2012

From Primark with love

Last night, I had such a great time at Rachel Kerr's live concert for the launch of her EP - Back To Music. It was such a fun, entertaining, inspirational and emotional night for many reasons. Rachel and her team pulled all the stops! I was priviledged to design her wardrobe for the night. Will share more about this experience when I get my hands on some photos. But in the meantime, look for her, she's about to blow! Of course I wore one of my creations to the concert:)

Yes this photo was taken in the summer lol I'm not mad. I made this out of somewhat frustration. Here's the story: A friend of mine came round really late on a saturday night and we decided to quickly go and buy a new outfit for church the next day lol. The only shop that was still open at the time was primark -_- so I got this in a size 12:

So tell me why I struggled to get into this dress, no thanks to the 10inch or less side zip -_- bad tailoring decision if you ask me. Anyway I finally got into it and I wasnt too keen on the fit. Taking it off was another struggle, this time involving a rip :( so I ripped it off completely. I took off the top half, trimmed the waist line of the skirt with bias binding and replaced the zip. So yay me I had a new skirt.

I quickly whipped up a top to go with it, with some velvet fabric I already had at home. Luckily, I had matching trimming and the buttons were an additional blessing too. So let's just say I overcame my primark purchase disaster. I hope u like the outcome :)

I miss my auburn hair, dye has faded out to golden brown now. I wore this outfit with a blazer (from primark) and tights last night to protect me from the cold.

It was a great night! Note to self: I need a camera pronto!!

Till Next Post

WuraF

xoxo

Thursday, 12 January 2012

An Evening with Rachel Kerr - 15/01/12

Sometime last year, I was approached by a very talented upcoming singer and performer Rachel Kerr; to create a few outfits for her live music video recording. We had less than a week to create outfits for 3 videos! Together we decided on ideas. Rachel is very easy to work with, she knows what she wants but is always willing to trust my creative ability which is just the best thing ever. This ensemble was for 'Hold my hand' - such a beautiful song. I decided to play around with a few of my favorite african prints, mixing them together to create a unique culotte playsuit. The Outcome: